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Re: [xml-dev] Usage of Escape Character instead of CDATA

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Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Usage of Escape Character instead of CDATA
From: Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 02:40:01 -0800
References: <OFF448E8F3.7F2EBA0D-ON65256B53.00326036@riskinc.com>

ReemaD@riskinc.com wrote:
> 
>..
>     &lt;testnode1/&gt;

That is not a tag. It is a series of characters that resolves to a "<",
"t", "e", ..."/", ">". It is data, not markup. It means exactly the same
as <![CDATA[<testnode1>]]>.

If you want it treated as an element then you should type in real
less-than and greater-than signs. Otherwise it is data.

 Paul Prescod

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